The Official Metal Thread

[station82o]

Iced Earth - Night of the Stormrider -- Definitely sounds a bit Metallica-ish, but don't like the singer and a bit monotonous. FIGHT ON, GRAB ON STORMRIDAH STORMRIDAH <-- I liked that part.

You should listen to "The Dark Saga", see how you like that - different singer on that album - much better than the Night of the Stormrider guy, and if you like those Stormrider songs though, check out the Days of Purgatory album -- its re-recorded Iced Earth stuff with their Dark Saga era vocalist. Good shit.

Also - download and listen to the song "I Want Out" by Helloween, its a great great song even if you dont care for the band, its off of Keeper of the Seven Keys Part 2.

[Fe 26]

You know who owns? Rainbow owns.

Damn I wish I had a turntable here to play rising on.

[Tracer]

That last article was righteous.

[station82o]

Got the new Judas Priest album tonight, will post some impressions later tommorow once I get a few good listens to it. I know for sure that the song "Revolution" rocks like hell - so far the stuff I've heard sounds really good. More like British Steel than Painkiller but still good.

[Punky Skunk]

Carcass - Swansong -- It sounds like something that belongs on the Last Action Hero soundtrack. Couldn't finish listening through a second time.

Lamb of God - some EP with 5 tracks -- Awful. More chugging angst-rock with no personality. Live track banter was too embarrassing.

Agoraphobic Nosebleed - Honky Reduction -- Grindcore, most worthless type of music I've ever heard. At least I stopped myself from downloading the entire thing.

Fear Factory - Demanufacture -- If only I had heard the first track before downloading the entire thing I wouldn't have felt obligated to listen to it all, but it's basically just the first track repeated throughout the entire album. Joke was on me.

Has anyone heard:

Disharmonic Orchestra
Pestilence - Testimony of the Ancients / Spheres
Aghora

I need something to pick me up from this music low. Something progressive.

[station82o]

something progressive? Orphaned Land - Mabool

the best shit ever.

[Scourge]

Got the new Judas Priest album tonight, will post some impressions later tommorow once I get a few good listens to it. I know for sure that the song "Revolution" rocks like hell - so far the stuff I've heard sounds really good. More like British Steel than Painkiller but still good.

And? Bring it on, sir. I saw this at Borders today and waffled on buying it unheard and without reading any impressions. I doubt there's any way to disuade me from thinking it's a worthwhile purchase tho. I mean Halford's live album was insane, and I was listening to Screaming for Vengeance today and saw an old concert of theirs the other night on VH1 Classic and my blood is boiling for JP so I need this. So unless this new album sounds like the Carpenters, it's probably for me.

All I'm looking for in this album really is: 1) duel lead guitaring and soaring solos, 2) Halford wailing with power and precision, 3) double kick drumming machine gunning, 4) at least one "epic" type song. Do I get any of that stuff?

[station82o]

Well, the epic song on the album "Lochness", fucking sucks - its just horrible, Priest could never do epic like Maiden could but at least stuff like Blood Red Skies was good in its own way, this is not. The first 5 tracks in the record really rule, and I even enjoy the ballad "Angel" (yeah a ballad) a little bit, but the record does somewhat fall flat in the second half - in retrospect after a couple listens, they did need to bolster the speed up somewhat and you wont really find alot of double kick anywhere. Its a good record, but as far as comeback albums go, Iron Maiden's Brave New World shits all over this.

[FirstBlood]

Carcass - Swansong -- It sounds like something that belongs on the Last Action Hero soundtrack. Couldn't finish listening through a second time.

HAH. Black Star is the worst song ever written.

[Scourge]

Well, the epic song on the album "Lochness", fucking sucks - its just horrible, Priest could never do epic like Maiden could but at least stuff like Blood Red Skies was good in its own way, this is not. The first 5 tracks in the record really rule, and I even enjoy the ballad "Angel" (yeah a ballad) a little bit, but the record does somewhat fall flat in the second half - in retrospect after a couple listens, they did need to bolster the speed up somewhat and you wont really find alot of double kick anywhere. Its a good record, but as far as comeback albums go, Iron Maiden's Brave New World shits all over this.

You just kicked me in the balls.